Living With It

Hunter or voyeur? Men have a (mad, wicked) hard time keeping eyes from even momentarily wandering to any women entering the vicinity. There's the pseudoscience explanation; there's the random noise explanations; and there's the "live with it" argument that they do and women do as well, so let's all take advantage of it.

The practical leads to a more interesting question.Women also seek out women to look at. For example, magazines that focus on women readers all have women on the covers (as do magazines for men). And this is not just a sexual preference debate as gay men are respected as hairdressers, clothes designers, etc. for their ability to analyze what a woman needs. And, obviously, lesbian women are also drawn to looking at other women.

This in no way excuses the rudeness involved in suddenly turning from the person one is speaking with to check out another, but it still leaves the question , why do we all have such a difficult time keeping our eyes off women? Or, maybe the question is that since we don't ask why we breathe air, why do we bother to question this?

** Why didn't evolution encourage hunters to check out other hunters in case of a threat even more avidly than they consider mating possibilities? **